Adsorption of acid extractable oil sands tailings organics onto raw and activated oil sands coke

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 833-840

  Small, Christina C ^a   Ulrich, Ania C ^a   Hashisho, Zaher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activated oil sands coke; Adsorption; Naphthenic acids; Oil sands tailings; Process affected water; Treatment technology

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES; NAPHTHENIC ACID; OIL SANDS TAILINGS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PROCESS-AFFECTED WATERS; TREATMENT TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

ADSORPTION; CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; WATER TREATMENT;

OIL SANDS;

ADSORPTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; LEACHING; OIL SAND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TAILINGS; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84877833676     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000543     Document Type: Article

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